Joseph A. Burke (1884-1950)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Joseph Aloysius Burke was an American composer, pianist and actor born in Phiöadelphia.
He studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. He also worked as a film actor, appearing in the 1915 silent movie The Senator.
Of ragtime interest is Raving Rag (1911) published by Welch & Wilsky, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Burke died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

Websites:
	Joe Burke (composer)	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Joseph A. Burke (1884-1950) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry
Music by: Joseph A. Burke.
Words by: James E. Dempsey
Performed by: Marguerite Snow

Publisher:	Shisler, Gaskill & Benkhart Music Pub
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music.

Cylinders

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


Yearning Just For You (1925)	Greenwich Village Inn Orch.	Edison Blue Amberol: 5002
It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry (1919)	Manuel Romain	Edison Blue Amberol: 3681
Who Wouldn't Be Blue? (1928)	Palais D'Or Orchestra	Edison Blue Amberol: 5555

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
For You (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
Going Up the Sawdust Trail (1915)		James Pitt-Payne
Gone (1926)		Unknown
If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory (1917)		James Pitt-Payne
In a Little Gypsy Tea Room (1935)		James Pitt-Payne
Just Another Dream of You (1932)		James Pitt-Payne
Kiss Waltz, The (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
Like a Breath of Spring Time (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
Little Bit Independent, A (1935)		James Pitt-Payne
Many Happy Returns of the Day (1931)		James Pitt-Payne
Moon Over Miami (1935)		James Pitt-Payne
My Yiddisha Butterfly (1917)		Unknown
No Wonder (1924)		James Pitt-Payne
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1929)		James Pitt-Payne
⇑Raving Rag (1911)		James Pitt-Payne
She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart (1925)		James Pitt-Payne
So Is Your Old Lady (1926)		James Pitt-Payne
Soldier's Rosary (1918), A		James Pitt-Payne
Tell Me You're Sorry (1928)		James Pitt-Payne
Tip-Toe Thur' the Tulips With Me (1929)		Unknown
Under the Midnight Moon (1913)		James Pitt-Payne
When the Rest of the Crowd Goes Home I Always Go (1931)		James Pitt-Payne
When You Sang Soprano (1917)	E. Burtnett	James Pitt-Payne

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Baby Your Mother (1927)	J.A. Burke	G. Rowell Ford Rush	Columbia: W144397
Carolina Moon (1929)	J.A. Burke	Gay Ellis Annette Hanshaw	Columbia: [W]147774
Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin' (1929)	J.A. Burke	Ermine Calloway	Edison: 18978
I Still Keep Dreaming of You (1928)	J.A. Burke	R. Etting	Columbia: W147017
On Treasure Island (1935)	J.A. Burke	D. Good M. Good	Victor: BS-96268
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1929)	J.A. Burke	G. Rowell Ford Rush	Columbia: W148687
Robins and Roses (1936)	J.A. Burke	Dolly Dawn	Victor: BS-101535
So Is Your Old Lady (1926)	J.A. Burke	R. Etting	Columbia: W141964
Sweetheart Memories (1927)	J.A. Burke	Francis Foster Nelson Keller Fred Waring Tom Waring	Victor: BVE-39422
Why Can't You Care? (1928)	J.A. Burke	Kitty O'Connor	Columbia: W146368
Yearning Just For You (1925)	J.A. Burke	Kitty O'Connor	Columbia: W140464
You're the Very Last Word in Love (1938)	J.A. Burke	Betty Lane	Victor: BS-026614

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (1930)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
For You (1930)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Going Up the Sawdust Trail (1915)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Gone (1926)	J.A. Burke (music) B. Davis (words) C. Edwards (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory (1917)	J.A. Burke (music) Dempsey, James E. (words) Larry Comer (perf.) Florence Timponi (perf.) Monte Austin (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
In a Little Gypsy Tea Room (1935)	J.A. Burke (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry (1918)	J.A. Burke (music) James E. Dempsey (words) Marguerite Snow (perf.) Marguerite Snow (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Greer Indiana
⇑Just Another Dream of You (1932)	J.A. Burke (music) B. Davis (words) Bing Crosby (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Kiss Waltz (1930), The	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) Grant Withers (perf.) Sue Carol (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Like a Breath of Spring Time (1929)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) Dolores Costello (perf.) Grant Withers (perf.) James R. Kirkwood (perf.) George Fawcett (perf.) David Torrence (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Little Bit Independent, A (1935)	J.A. Burke (music) E. Leslie (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Many Happy Returns of the Day (1931)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) Ben Alley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Moon Over Miami (1935)	J.A. Burke (music) E. Leslie (words) Frances Adair (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
My Yiddisha Butterfly (1917)	J.A. Burke (music) Dubin, Al (words) Eugene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.) Eugene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
No Wonder (1924)	J.A. Burke (music) B. Davis (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (1929)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) Ann Pennigton (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.) Winnie Lightner (perf.) N. Lucas (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart (1925)	J.A. Burke (w&m)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
So Is Your Old Lady (1926)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) S. Tucker (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Soldier's Rosary (1918), A	J.A. Burke (music) Dempsey, James E. (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Somebody's Boy (1918)	J.A. Burke (music) Dempsey, James E. (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
Tell Me You're Sorry (1928)	J.A. Burke (music) B. Davis (words) Doree Leslie (perf.) Al Belasco (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Scholars Junction Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Tip-Toe Thur' the Tulips With Me (1929)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) Ann Pennington (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.) N. Lucas (perf.) Winnie Lightner (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Under the Midnight Moon (1913)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
⇑When the Rest of the Crowd Goes Home I Always Go (1931)	J.A. Burke (music) Al Dubin (words) I. Kaufman (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
When the Sun Goes Down in Sleepy Hollow (1918)	J.A. Burke (music) B. Davis (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana
When You Sang Soprano (1917)	J.A. Burke (music) E. Burtnett (coauth.) Dempsey, James E. (words)	Piano, Voice	Indiana Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
You Must Believe Me (1933)	J.A. Burke (music) C. Tobias (words) A. Remsen (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Scholars Junction	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 106 works by Joseph A. Burke (1884-1950). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1910-1924

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Give Me a Honeymoon That's Irish	1910	A. Dubin (words)
Raving Rag	1911	Ivy Easy (perf.)	Pub.
Try Loving in an Aeroplane	1911	A. Dubin (words)
Message of the Honeymoon, The	1912	Al Dubin (words) H.R. Curtis (words) Emmett J. Welch (perf.)	Pub.
Under the Midnight Moon	1913	Al Dubin (words)
Germany You'll Soon Be No Man's Land	1914-8
Going Up the Sawdust Trail	1915	Al Dubin (words)
Hero of the European War, The	1916	Geo. B. McConnell (words) Al Dubin (words)
If I Had a Son For Each Star in Old Glory	1917	J.E. Dempsey (words) Monte Austin (perf.) Elizabeth Brice (perf.) Larry Comer (perf.) Charles King (perf.) Florence Timponi (perf.)	Pub.
My Yiddisha Butterfly	1917	Al Dubin (words) Eugene Howard (perf.) Willie Howard (perf.)
When You Sang Soprano	1917	Earl Burtnett (co-author) James E. Dempsey (words)
⇑ Greatest Day the World Will Ever Know, The	1918	Ed Morton (words) James Dempsy (words) Ed Morton (perf.)
It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry	1918	James E. Dempsey (words) Manuel Romain (perf.) Marguerite Snow (perf.)	Pub.
Soldier's Rosary, A	1918	J.E. Dempsey (words)	Pub.
Somebody's Boy	1918	J.E. Dempsey (words)
When the Sun Goes Down in Sleepy Hollow	1918	Benny Davis (words)
If I'm Dreaming	1919	Marilyn Miller (perf.)
Look For the Silver Lining	1920	Guy Bolton (words) Clifford Grey (words) Al Dubin (words)
Midsummer Night Blues	1922	Lou Herscher (co-author)	Pub.
Don't Forget to Remember	1923	Mark Fisher (words)
My Miami Mammy (w&m)	1923	Lou Herscher (co-author)	Pub.
Dear One	1924	Cy Richardson (co-author) Mark Fisher (co-author)	Pub.
Lullaby of Long Ago	1924	Lou Herscher (co-author)
⇑ No Wonder	1924	Benny Davis (words)	Pub.
Who Wants a Bad Little Boy?	1924	Mark Fisher (words)	Pub.

1925-1929

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Forever and Ever With You	1925	Benny Davis (words) Lee Sims (perf.)
Leave Me Something to Remember	1925	Benny Davis (words)
She Was Just a Sailor's Sweetheart (w&m)	1925		Pub.
So That's the Kind of a Girl You Are	1925	Billy Rose (words) Al Dubin (words)
Yearning Just For You (w&m)	1925	Benny Davis (words) Margie Carson (perf.) Mary Cranston (perf.) Morton Downey (perf.) Tina Glenn (perf.) Delbridge Gremmer (perf.) Gerald Griffin (perf.) John Hammond (perf.) Mary Jayne (perf.) Bryan Lee (perf.) Kitty O'Connor (perf.) Greenwich Village Inn Orch. (perf.) Jack Richards (perf.) Singer Sisters (perf.) Glenn C. Smith (perf.) Yvette (perf.)	Pub.
And Then I Forget	1926	Benny Davis (co-author)
Gone	1926	Benny Davis (words) Cliff Edwards (perf.)
I Never Knew How Wonderful You Were	1926	Dorothy Terriss (words)	Pub.
I'd Love to Meet That Old Sweetheart of Mine	1926	Benny Davis (co-author)
Never Without You	1926	Benny Davis (words)
So Is Your Old Lady	1926	Al Dubin (words) Ruth Etting (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.)
⇑ While the Years Go Drifting By	1926	Gus Kahn (words)
Baby Your Mother	1927	Andrew Donnelly (words) Dolly Morse (words) Glenn Rowell (perf.) Ford Rush (perf.)	Pub.
Oh, What a Pal Was ''Whoozis''	1927	Gus Kahn (words) George Olsen (perf.)	Pub.
One More Night	1927	Billy Rose (words) Peter Higgins (perf.)
Sweetheart Memories	1927	Benny Davis (words) Francis Foster (perf.) Nelson Keller (perf.) Fred Waring (perf.) Tom Waring (perf.)	Pub.
Carolina Moon	1928	Benny Davis (words) Gene Austin (perf.) Gay Ellis (perf.) Jack Fulton (perf.) Annette Hanshaw (perf.) Mike Landau (perf.)
Give Your Little Baby Lots of Lovin'	1928	Dolly Morse (words) Ermine Calloway (perf.)	Pub.
I Still Keep Dreaming of You	1928	Benny Davis (words) Ruth Etting (perf.)
Tell Me You're Sorry	1928	Benny Davis (words) Al Belasco (perf.) Jimmie Gallagher (perf.) Myrtle Gordon (perf.) Bobbie Grice (perf.) Doree Leslie (perf.)	Pub.
Who Wouldn't Be Blue?	1928	Palais D'Or Orchestra (perf.)
Why Can't You Care?	1928	L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Kitty O'Connor (perf.)
After Business Hours	1929	Al Dubin (words)
⇑ All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance	1929	Al Dubin (words) Marilyn Miller (perf.)
All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy	1929	Benny Davis (co-author)

1929-1932

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Darn Fool Woman Like Me, A	1929	Al Dubin (words) Winnie Lightner (perf.)
Dream Mother	1929	Al Lewis (words) Al Sherman (words) Gene Austin (perf.) George Olsen (perf.)
Go to Bed	1929	Al Dubin (words) Winnie Lightner (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Ann Pennington (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.)	Pub.
In a Kitchenette	1929	Al Dubin (words) Winnie Lightner (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Ann Pennington (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.)	Pub.
Like a Breath of Spring Time	1929	Al Dubin (words) Dolores Costello (perf.) George Fawcett (perf.) James R. Kirkwood (perf.) David Torrence (perf.) Grant Withers (perf.)
Mechanical Man	1929	Al Dubin (words) Winnie Lightner (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Ann Pennington (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.)	Pub.
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine	1929	Al Dubin (words) Winnie Lightner (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Virginia Mayo (perf.) Dennis Morgan (perf.) Lucille Morgan (perf.) Gene Nelson (perf.) Ann Pennigton (perf.) Glenn Rowell (perf.) Ford Rush (perf.) S. Z. Sakall (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.)	Pub.
Tip-Toe Thur' the Tulips With Me	1929	Al Dubin (words) Winnie Lightner (perf.) Nick Lucas (perf.) Ann Pennington (perf.) Lilyan Tashman (perf.) Conway Tearle (perf.) Nancy Welford (perf.)	Pub.
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes	1930	Al Dubin (words) Rudy Vallée (perf.)	Pub.
For You	1930	All Dubin (words) Sam Lanin (perf.)	Pub.
Highway to Heaven	1930	Al Dubin (words) Olsen & Johnson (perf.)
⇑ In Memory of You	1930	Al Dubin (words)
Kiss Waltz, The	1930	Al Dubin (words) Sue Carol (perf.) Grant Withers (perf.)	Pub.
Leave a Little Smile	1930	Al Dubin (words)	Pub.
Sing a Little Theme Song	1930	Al Dubin (words)	Pub.
When Love Comes in the Moonlight	1930	Al Dubin (words)	Pub.
When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues For You (w&m)	1930		Pub.
Crosby, Columbo and Vallée (w&m)	1931	Al. Dubin (co-author) Eddie Cantor (perf.) Bing Crosby (perf.)	Pub.
If You Should Ever Need Me	1931	Al Dubin (words)	Pub.
Many Happy Returns of the Day	1931	Al Dubin (words) Ben Alley (perf.) Ruth Etting (perf.) Wayne King (perf.) Kate Smith (perf.)	Pub.
When the Rest of the Crowd Goes Home I Always Go	1931	Al Dubin (words) Russ Columbo (perf.) Irving Kaufman (perf.)	Pub.
How Can You Say No	1932	Al Dubin (words) Irving Kahal (words) Dick Powell (perf.)	Pub.
Just Another Dream of You	1932	Benny Davis (words) Bing Crosby (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ My Wishing Song	1932	Irving Kahal (words) Jane Froman (perf.) Ann Leaf (perf.)	Pub.
Whisper Waltz, The	1932	Paul Francis Webster (words) Guy Lombardo (perf.)

1932-1938

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


You'll Always Be the Same Sweetheart (w&m)	1932	Peter De Rose (co-author) Smith Ballew (perf.)
Little Locket of Long Ago (w&m)	1933	Harry Woods (co-author) Don Bestor (perf.)	Pub.
Memory Waltz, The	1933	Benny Davis (words) Phil Regan (perf.)
Tired Hands	1933	Dave Oppenheim (words)
You Must Believe Me	1933	Charles Tobias (words) Alice Remsen (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Lonesome For You, Caroline	1934	Rene Walker (words)	Pub.
Little Church Around the Corner, A	1934	Rene Walker (words)	Pub.
Moonlight Waltz	1934	Ned Washington (words)
Bridal Waltz, The	1935	Milton Drake (words) Ira Schuster (words)
Cling to Me	1935	Edgar Leslie (words)
I'm Lost For Words	1935	Eddie De Lange (co-author) Archie Fletcher (co-author)
⇑ In a Little Gypsy Tea Room	1935	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Little Bit Independent, A	1935	Edgar Leslie (words) Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins (perf.) Ray Heatherton (perf.) Ozzie Nelson (perf.) Larry Taylor (perf.) Rudy Vallée (perf.)	Pub.
Moon Over Miami	1935	Edgar Leslie (words) Frances Adair (perf.) Bonnie Blue (perf.) Patti Chapin (perf.) Sammy Kaye (perf.) Sterling Young (perf.)
On Treasure Island	1935	Edgar Leslie (words) Dorothy Good (perf.) Mildred Good (perf.)	Pub.
There's a Little Picture Playhouse in My Heart	1935	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Little Rendezvous in Honolulu, A	1936	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
Midnight Blue	1936	Edgar Leslie (words)
Robins and Roses	1936	Edgar Leslie (words) Dolly Dawn (perf.) Alan Leafer (perf.)	Pub.
Getting Some Fun Out of Life	1937	Edgar Leslie (words) Henry Busse (perf.)	Pub.
It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane (w&m)	1937	Edgar Leslie (co-author) Don Bestor (perf.) Emery Deutsch (perf.) Al Donahue (perf.) Shep Fields (perf.) Guy Lombardo (perf.) Frank Parker (perf.)	Pub.
Neither Do I	1937	Edgar Leslie (words)
At a Perfume Counter on the Rue De La Paix	1938		Pub.
⇑ If It Rains - Who Cares!	1938	Edgar Leslie (words)	Pub.
You're the Very Last Word in Love	1938	Edgar Leslie (words) Betty Lane (perf.)

1939-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Rainbow Valley	1939	Edgar Leslie (words)
We Must Be Vigilant (w&m)	1942	F. W. Meacham (co-author)
By the River of the Roses	1943	Marty Symes (words) David Cheskin (perf.) Del Courtney (perf.) Lawrence Welk (perf.) Ilene Woods (perf.)
Rambling Rose	1948	Joseph Allen McCarthy (words)
Are You Lonely?	1952	Lou Herscher (words)
Who Wouldn't Love You?	?	Benny Davis (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	J.A. Burke	All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance (2:35)	Marilyn Miller